Storms in Michigan in 1956
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Michigan in 1956, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. Before 1996 the record holds tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, without narratives; floods, heat, winter storms and the other kinds begin in 1996.
Michigan in 1956 on the map
Every episode with a place to put it, colored by kind of event.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The year
- Events
- 70
- Deaths
- 24
- Injuries
- 534
- Damage
- $21 million
- Episodes
- 24
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
By kind of event
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado | 34 | 24 | 534 | $21 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 26 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 10 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
March 1956
April 1956
May 1956
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Michigan, May 9, 1956
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, May 11, 1956
- Tornadoes and Hail in Michigan, May 12, 1956
- Tornadoes and Hail in Michigan, May 13, 1956
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Michigan, May 21, 1956
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, May 30, 1956
June 1956
- Hail in Michigan, June 13, 1956
- Hail in Michigan, June 15, 1956
- Damaging Wind in Michigan, June 20, 1956
- Damaging Wind in Michigan, June 24, 1956
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Michigan, June 26, 1956
July 1956
- Tornadoes and Hail in Michigan, July 1, 1956
- Damaging Wind in Michigan, July 7, 1956
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Michigan, July 13, 1956
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Michigan, July 15, 1956
- Damaging Wind in Michigan, July 16, 1956
- Hail in Michigan, July 19, 1956
August 1956
More
Every year in MichiganEvery state in 1956Tornadoes in Michigan in 195619551957
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24.